Grants and Contracts

Google Trust & Safety Research for Enhancing Digital Trust: Tailored Financial Fraud Defense for Older Adults Awardee of $90,000.00 - Co-PI (Collaboration with Munster Technological University (MTU). Start Date: Duration: March 2024 -- February 2025

Facebook Explorations of Trust in AR, VR, and Smart Devices Research Fund Awardee of $75,000.00 - Co-PI (Collaboration with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)). Duration: October 2020 – October 2022

Cisco Research Award to Investigate Security and Privacy Practices of Telehealth Services of $102,696.00 - PI (Collaboration with University of Washington). Duration: October 2021 – October 2023

Quantum Authentication - Resources valued for $10,000.00 - PI. Duration: January 2022 – January 2023

Faculty Research Fund for Research for Cybersecurity Awareness for the Disabled Community of $2,979.00 - PI. Duration: June 2021 – July 2023

Faculty Research Fund for Research for the Privacy and Security of Digital Arts of $2,997.80 - PI (Collaboration with Prof. Hollenbach from the Arts & Humanities/Social Sciences). Duration: June 2022 – July 2024

Summer KIHA Research Fellowship to study the Privacy and Security concerns of the Aging Population especially for Chatbots dedicated to address Mental Health Concerns of $3,500.00 - Faculty Mentor. Duration: June 2022 – September 2022

DU International Grant for Examining the Cross-Cultural Security Risk Perceptions for Online Higher Education of $2,500.00 - PI. Duration: May 2022 – May 2023

PinS (Partners in Scholarship) to study ChatGPT’s Efficacy in Summarizing Privacy Policy of $1,500.00 - Faculty Mentor (PI). Duration: May 2023 – Ongoing

PinS (Partners in Scholarship) to study Evaluating the Privacy and Security Perspective of Older Adults Towards Online Dating of $1,500.00 - Faculty Mentor (PI). Duration: February 2023 – September 2023

PinS (Partners in Scholarship) to study Improving Privacy and Security Protocols of Account Remediation Procedures for Web of $1,500.00 - Faculty Mentor (PI). Duration: November 2022 – June 2023

NSF ADVANCE Grant for Improving Equity in STEM of $998,000.00 - Senior Personnel. Duration: August 2021 – Ongoing

CAHSS Dean’s Award for Interdisciplinary Studies (DAIS) of $5,000.00 on Using Mixed-Methods Approach to Understand Professional Needs in Creating Emergent Digital Artworks - Co-PI. Duration: April 2023 – Ongoing

Science Foundation Ireland National Challenge Fund Programme of €199,984.00 on Cyber Safety for Vulnerable Populations - Expert Consultant. Duration: June 2023 – Ongoing

Cyber for Boards Project with the Cyber Security Collaborative Research Centre with a funding of A$520,000.00, partnering with CSIRO’s Data-61 and Edith Cowan University - International Collaborator. Duration: November 2023 - Ongoing